The holiday season is upon us, and the new year will be here before you know it! What better time could there be to learn a new skill and make some fantastic new jewelry?
With classes for every skill level and schedule, our upcoming winter session has an option for every maker! Looking to start from square one? Metals + Jewelry 1 with J Diamond or Waxworking 1 with Elliot Keeley is a great place to begin. Already know your basics and looking to build your skillset? Try Stone Setting I with Molly Shulman. Can't make it into the studio? Take an online class like 3D Modeling in Rhino with James Betts that you can access from anywhere in the world.
Take a look at a selection of our classes and workshops below and see the whole lineup on our website.
Sign up by December 15 to take advantage of our early bird discount and get $25 off per class for up to 2 classes!
Want to take a class, but money is tight? Applications for scholarships and work-study positions are open through December 12.
Pictured: Artwork by Ji Lee (left), Hedy Ward (right)
Giving Tuesday Is Around The Corner!
Giving Tuesday is just a week and a half away!
Here at the BJC, we can't begin to describe how grateful we are for the generosity of our community that makes our work possible. This Giving Tuesday, we're asking you to continue to support the BJC by making a tax-deductible gift!
Keep a eye out on our social media for artists raffling their work in support of our community on December 3rd.
Giving Tuesday gifts help support vital BJC programs like student scholarships and work study positions, emerging and mid career artist residencies, our teaching fellowship, as well as youth workforce development programs, and so much more. The BJC welcomes gifts of any size and we greatly appreciate your show of support. We're truly grateful to have you as part of our community.
The BJC will be at The Jewelry Library from 5:30-7:30pm on Friday, November 21st for Supper Club, an intimate tasting experience benefitting the BJC. This special evening, guided by artist, chef, and former BJC resident artist Naama Levit, invites guests into a tasting experience centered around figs. We've sold out of Copper tickets for this event, but it's not too late to snag yourself a Bronze, Silver, or Gold ticket!
Be sure to keep an eye out for other jewelry week events like Take A Picture, It'll Last Longer, an experimental roaming exhibition sponsored by the BJC. In this exhibition, contemporary jewelry objects are replicated in the form of wearable paper prints which are distributed for free by carriers at events all over New York City. Anybody interested in collecting a piece from this exhibition need only find a carrier and ask to get a piece of jewelry free of charge.
Do you have something going on at Jewelry Week that you'd like to share with us? Let us know, we love to keep up with what our community members are doing!
Opening Soon In The Gallery: Making Spaces
Shop Our Holiday Sale
This Gift-Giving Season!
Stop by our gallery starting on December 5 to see Making Spaces, our annual community challenge exhibition!
This year's community challenge is focusing on third spaces, or social and community spaces that are distinct from one's home or workplace. Works in the exhibition will reflect on the role of these spaces in our lives, the communities we find within them, and the physical spaces themselves.
Join us for an opening reception on from 6-8pm on Friday, December 5.
Pictured: Artwork by Mallory Weston
The holidays are around the corner, have you finished your gift shopping yet?
Stop by the studio on Friday, December 5, Saturday, December 6, and Sunday, December 7 to shop the BJC's holiday Sale!
With jewelry, artwork, and objects for sale by 20 different artists, you're sure to find the perfect holiday gift for everyone on your list, and maybe something special for yourself, too!
Can't make it to our holiday sale in person? keep an eye our for select work from each artist, available online from December 5-15.
